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she's drowning. or more accurately, she drowned. water filling open empty lungs, mouth once squeezed shut peels apart as her last ditch effort, to scream at the darkening void above her head, maw swallowing her whole. the mechanical arm thrashes about, joints buckling as it submerges, cavernous entity wraps tighter around her ankles and pulls. she's always wondered what it would be like to die, would it be as satisfying as she had always thought? would it be what she's always deserved? all these years of narrowly escaping the swing of the scythe, what stood as a reminder to never look back. the wraith that waits in her dreams, the one that hides in shadows of her room, the glowing eyes under her bed, it's always been there: a welcoming hand, necrosis sinking into umber skin. the gun falls. past her grasp, drifting where she knows she'll sink to, eaten by some disgusting monster at the bottom of this ocean, where no one will remember her. ━ violent coughs, tide spilling out of swollen, broken lips as she buckles over the shore of the isle, a rupture of life springs her back into action. chiding slap and push, whoever looms above should stare down at her wretched broken body no longer. ❛ get the fuck away. ❜

Curious Sentences, Vol. 5

(Sentences from various sources for muses that are curious about each other. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"This doesn't seem to be bothering you. Why is that?"

"Will you be offended if I ask you something?"

"What are you doing sitting here all by yourself?"

"You must have been scared of something when you were young?"

"I take it you have never been in love?"

"Do you think we're reunited with loved ones when we die?"

"Are there others like you?"

"Do you carry a knife everywhere now?"

"If you only had one day to live, what would you do?"

"If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you like to be?"

"If you could change something in your life, anything at all, what would it be?"

"So, what are you running from?"

"What's your favourite book? You do read, right?"

"Could I have ever understood you?"

"Why do you want to be boring?"

"Have you ever been kissed by a man?"

"Why can't you go home? What happened to you there?"

"Why do you wear those gloves?"

"Not fond of eye contact, are you?"

"Do you ever think of me?"

"Do you find me unsettling?"

"How is it you seem to know more than I do?"

"Don't you want life to be exciting?"

"What do you want more than anything?"

"Who is he to you that makes you want to risk everything for him?"

"Is it all mankind you despise, or just men?"

"Tell me, would you ever say "stop" to me?""

"You have an interesting accent. Where are you from exactly?"

"How many hearts have you broken in your life?"

"Do you have a family?"

"What's that supposed to do?"

"Haven't you ever done anything stupid just for fun?"

"What were you like as a young man?"

"What do you want from your life, anyway?"

taken from pulp's banger of an album. feel free to adjust/edit as needed.

"we don't look the same as you."

"we live round here too."

"i'd like to go to town, but i can't risk it."

"they just wanna keep us out."

"the future's owned by you and me."

"they think they've got us beat."

"revenge is going to be so sweet."

"we're making a move and we're making it now."

"we want the things you won't allow us."

"that much money can drag you under."

"what's the point in being rich if you can't think what to do with it?"

"you're so bleeding thick."

"the future you've got mapped out is nothing much to shout about."

"i know you're engaged to him."

"i know you want something to play with, baby."

"i'll be around when he's not in town."

"i'll show you how you're doing it wrong."

"i've kissed your mother twice, and now i'm working on your dad."

"i only come here because i know it makes you sad."

"i only do it because i know that you know it's bad."

"she told me that her dad was loaded."

"i'll have rum and coca-cola."

"i wanna live like common people."

"i wanna do whatever common people do."

"i wanna sleep with common people."

"i wanna sleep with common people like you."

"i had to start it somewhere."

"pretend you've got no money."

"oh, you're so funny."

"i can't see anyone else smiling here."

"are you sure you wanna live like common people?"

"pretend you never went to school."

"you'll never get it right."

"if you called your dad, he could stop it all."

"you'll never live like common people."

"you'll never watch your life slide out of view."

"look out, they'll tear your insides out."

"everybody hates a tourist."

"you didn't do bad. you made it out."

"i'm still stuck here, but i'll get out."

"do you think i do these things for real?"

"i do these things just so i survive."

"i'm biding time until i take you all on."

"you should take me seriously."

"i've been sleeping with your wife for the past sixteen weeks."

"i just wanted you to come home unexpectedly one afternoon."

"i specialise in revenge."

"i can't help it. i was dragged up."

"i just happen to have what you need."

"i'll hold your body and make it sing again."

"we were born within an hour of each other."

"i often thought of it."

"won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?"

"i never knew that you'd get married."

"the boys all loved you."

"we were friends. that's as far as it went."

"it meant nothing to you."

"what are you doing on sunday, baby?"

"would you like to come and meet me, maybe?"

"things were very different then."

"i wrote this song two hours before we met."

"i didn't know your name."

"do you believe there's someone up above?"

"stop asking questions that don't matter anyway."

"just give me a kiss."

"where would i be now if we had never met?"

"is this the way that the future's meant to feel?"

"i don't understand what this feeling is."

"all this has got to mean something."

"what is this thing that's happening to me?"

"why don't you shut the door."

"you're not going anywhere."

"how the hell did you get here?"

"there's nothing to do. just stay in bed."

"why live in the world when you can live in your head?"

"i want a reason to make it through the night."

"now what are you going to do?"

"now that you're free, who are you going to be?"

"where will you go?"

"how will you know you didn't get it all wrong?"

"let's get out of this place."